FR Doc 04-13925
[Federal Register: June 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 118)]
[Notices]
[Page 34400-34401]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from the Gila Valley in
Arizona.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona.
In 1934, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from the Gila Valley in Arizona, by Dr. George Woodbury
and others. The human remains were donated to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology by the Gila Pueblo Foundation through Dr.
Woodbury in the same year. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Osteological characteristics indicate that the individuals are
Native American. Museum documentation describes the human remains as
``modern Papago,'' the group that is known today as the O'odham people.
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Given such a specific cultural designation, the interments likely date
to the Historic or contemporary period, from the late 17th to the early
20th century. Oral tradition and historical documentation indicate that
the Gila Valley in Arizona is within the aboriginal and historic
homeland of the O'odham people during the Historic period. The present-
day groups representing the O'odham people are the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of three individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that
can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of
Arizona.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Patricia
Capone, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, before July 21, 2004. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'Odham Nation of
Arizona that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 11, 2004
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-13925 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]
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